Simulation of radioactive decay, exercise E2
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2. Exercise

  • Enter 0.034 for the decay constant!
  • Determine the half-life!
  • Repeat these steps and note the values that you get.

Questions:

1) Is the following expression always satisfied?

2) What might be the reason that you did not get the expected value?

 

 

 

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